School of Life Sciences, SYSU
135 Xingangxi Road
Guangzhou
510275
P.R. China
Email: zhangjian6(at)mail.sysu.edu.cn
2024.08 – : Professor
School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University
2016.06 – 2024.07: Professor (Overseas High-level Talents
Program)
School of Ecological and Environmental Sciences, East China
Normal University
2015.02 – 2016.05: Postdoctoral Fellow (Advisor: Prof. Jens-Christian
Svenning)
Department of Bioscience, Aarhus University,
Denmark
2013.09 – 2015.01: Postdoctoral Fellow (Advisor: Prof. Scott Nielsen)
Department of
Renewable Resources, University of Alberta, Canada
2009.09 – 2013.11: PhD in Conservation Biology (Supervisor: Prof. Fangliang He)
Department of Renewable Resources, University of Alberta, Canada
Thesis: Spatial and
Temporal Variations in Tree Growth, Mortality, and Biodiversity in
Alberta Forests
2004.09 – 2009.06: Master in Ecology (Supervisor: Prof. Zhanqing Hao
Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Thesis: Spatial Pattern of
Tree Species in an Old-growth Temperate Forest: Chance or
Competition?
2000.09 – 2004.07: B.Sc. in Environmental Science
Department
of Environmental Science, Shanxi University
2008: Visiting student (Supervised by Prof. Bo
Song)
Baruch Institute of Coastal Ecology and Forest Science,
Clemson University, USA
2007: Visiting student (Supervised by Prof. Fangliang
He)
Department of Renewable Resources, University of Alberta,
Canada
2006: Visiting student (Supervised by Prof. Bo
Song)
Baruch Institute of Coastal Ecology and Forest Science,
Clemson University, USA
Editorial Board
Ecography Subject Editor
(2019.03-)
Remote
Sensing in Ecology and Conservation Associate Editor (2017.12-)
Biodiversity
Science 生物多样性 Deputy Editor-in-Chief (2019.11-2023)
Chinese Journal of
Applied Ecology 应用生态学报 Associate Editor (2021.1-)
Science China Life
Sciences 中国科学:生命科学 Youth Editor (2024-2025)
Grant Review
NSFC, BIODIVERSA+: European Biodiversity
Partnership, French National Research Agency, et al.
Manuscript Review
Science, Ecology Letters,
American Naturalist, Biogeosciences, Biological Conservation, Canadian
Journal of Forest Research, Conservation Biology, Diversity and
Distributions, Ecology, Ecography, Ecological Applications, Frontiers of
Biogeography, Global Change Biology, Global Ecology and Biogeography,
Journal of Biogeography, Journal of Ecology, Journal of Plant Ecology,
Journal of Vegetation Science, Methods in Ecology and Evolution, Oikos,
New Phytologist, Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological
Sciences, Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation, Science Advances,
Nature Communications, et al.
Biodiversity, Macroecology, Biogeography, Community ecology, Ecoinformatics
Prospective students and postdocs are encouraged to read our publications and contact me or the lab members before applying officially.